Poecilogale albinucha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Mustelinae
Genus: Poecilogale
Species: Poecilogale albinucha
Subspecies: P. a. albinucha – P. a. bechuanae – P. a. doggetti – P. a. lebombo – P. a. transvaalensis

Name

Poecilogale albinucha (Gray, 1864)

Type locality: "it was without any habitat". Fixed by Coetzee (1977b) as "Cape Colony".

References

Gray, J. E. 1864. Notice of a new species of zorilla. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1864: 69, plate X.
Coetzee, C. G. 1977. Order Carnivora. Part 8. Pp. 1-42, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 22 Aug 1977]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., not continuously paginated.
Serge Larivière, 2001. Poecilogale albinucha, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologists, 681: 1–4.

Links

Poecilogale albinucha in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Poecilogale albinucha (Gray, 1864) (Least Concern)
Poecilogale albinucha (Gray, 1864) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Slangmuishond
English: African Striped Weasel
español: Comadreja rayada africana
polski: Łasica afrykańska
Türkçe: Afrika şeritli gelinciği
中ちゅう文ぶん: 白しろ頸鼬
isiZulu: Nyengelezi